How to get a blue hippo to eat greens?
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miaheatlvr
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Originally Posted by ctxx24
My hippo eats great F2,Spectrum,Mysis, he nips on rocks all day but... he wont eat greens i put in, tried Romain and algie sheets wont even look at them. any thoughts anyone?
Try soaking them in GARLIC XTREEME or KENT'S ENTICE,, that should get him going, how old and big is the tang? do you put it on a lettuce clip?
My hippo eats great F2,Spectrum,Mysis, he nips on rocks all day but... he wont eat greens i put in, tried Romain and algie sheets wont even look at them. any thoughts anyone?
Try soaking them in GARLIC XTREEME or KENT'S ENTICE,, that should get him going, how old and big is the tang? do you put it on a lettuce clip?
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garychef1
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get a clove, cut it in half, and rub it all over. My co-worker had to do that when he got his tang last week. I thought he was crazy.
stanlalee
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Originally Posted by chilwil84
i think hippos are plankton eaters unlike most tangs that are normaly kept by hobbiests
zooplankton eaters as juvi's. mature tangs are herbivores but will eat zooplankton if the need arises. Mine never had a problem. I just put the greens on a clip and in minutes its gone from day one. and my hippo was sold to me as "tiny" and measured about 1.5"
i think hippos are plankton eaters unlike most tangs that are normaly kept by hobbiests
zooplankton eaters as juvi's. mature tangs are herbivores but will eat zooplankton if the need arises. Mine never had a problem. I just put the greens on a clip and in minutes its gone from day one. and my hippo was sold to me as "tiny" and measured about 1.5"
chilwil84
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Originally Posted by Stanlalee
zooplankton eaters as juvi's. mature tangs are herbivores but will eat zooplankton if the need arises. Mine never had a problem. I just put the greens on a clip and in minutes its gone from day one. and my hippo was sold to me as "tiny" and measured about 1.5"
i knew i read it somewhere just wasnt sure on the full situation and i think that is why hippos get along with there own type in smaller quarters than most tangs most plankton eaters tend to stay together
zooplankton eaters as juvi's. mature tangs are herbivores but will eat zooplankton if the need arises. Mine never had a problem. I just put the greens on a clip and in minutes its gone from day one. and my hippo was sold to me as "tiny" and measured about 1.5"
i knew i read it somewhere just wasnt sure on the full situation and i think that is why hippos get along with there own type in smaller quarters than most tangs most plankton eaters tend to stay together